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New Features For 2.5 Linux Kernel

Posted by michael on from the modprobe-autopr0n dept.

An anonymous person writes "The current development version of the Linux kernel is 2.5. At the recent Linux kernel summit, it was agreed to have a "feature freeze" on this kernel by October 31, 2002. Here's a story looking at what's left to be merged before the freeze. Projects most likely to make it into 2.5 (and thus be a part of the next stable kernel, 2.6), include: the reverse mapping VM, the Linux Security Module framework, User Mode Linux and support for filesystems greater than 2TB."

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  1. Halfway there... by Smelly+Jeffrey · · Score: 1, Troll

    I think it's grand that we're already halfway, with this new milestone, to the 3.0 mark. It's great to see development moving along at such a good rate. Finally support for filesystems greater than 2TB, eh? Wow, now I can reduce my pr0n cluster to only 256 machines. Hehe. Keep it up guys.. keep up all the good work.

  2. Re:My question by evalhalla · · Score: 0, Troll

    I believe that 2.9 would be the development version for 2.10, not 3.0. (But I admit that I have no clue on what the dev version for 3.0 would be called.)

    Anyway, 3.0 would mean complete rewrite of the code, and I don't think that such a thing is planned in a nearby future.

  3. I see.. by MOMOCROME · · Score: 1, Troll
    Doesn't this bode ill for the kernel dev efforts, if the concept of "feature freeze" must be reported on and placed in quotes as if it were some novel new design technique?

    This should be standard practice. Sure reporting on the features to be included before the freeze is worthwhile, I can see why that's interesting, but "feature freeze" in quotes? C'mon already. every two-bit dev team from Seattle to Sri Lanka must reach a point of "feature freeze" during a dev cycle.

  4. Modversions... by ndogg · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm sorry to ask this question, but my experience with the kernel source is limited.

    What's so ugly about modversions that some of the core kernel developers would like to see them dropped?

    --
    // file: mice.h
    #include "frickin_lasers.h"
  5. Just one important bit they left out: by Bollie · · Score: 1, Troll

    v4l2

    This would allow the latest bttv driver to be packaged with the kernel once more...

    After the preemptive patch, that's the first patch I run on a plain vanilla kernel.